Roberto F. Carlos

Acquiescence Bias and Criterion Validity: Problems and Potential Solutions for Agree-Disagree Scales - Political Behavior Political Behavior - Scholars frequently measure dispositions like populism, conspiracism, racism, and sexism by asking survey respondents whether they agree or disagree with statements...

New w/@scottclifford.bsky.social.

Lots of work uses agree-disagree scales, and a lit review shows these are 1) frequently just measured in one direction (agree = higher trait) and 2) correlated with each other.

This has potentially big issues for conclusions.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Information Brokers An insightful rethinking of political socialization within Latino immigrant households. Conventional wisdom tells us that children are passive recipients of political lessons from their parents, with ...

Book release date news! 📖 7/3/26

Information Brokers @uchicagopress.bsky.social explores how Latino children, especially in immigrant families, guide parents through U.S. institutions and politics, shaping civic participation.

If this resonates, please repost 🙏
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Information Brokers An insightful rethinking of political socialization within Latino immigrant households. Conventional wisdom tells us that children are passive recipients of political lessons from their parents, with ...

Book release date news! 📖 7/3/26

Information Brokers @uchicagopress.bsky.social explores how Latino children, especially in immigrant families, guide parents through U.S. institutions and politics, shaping civic participation.

If this resonates, please repost 🙏
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Another great postdoc opportunity at Notre Dame! We’re seeking a scholar of American racial & ethnic politics to join our fantastic and growing postdoc cohort

Major upside: the opportunity to interview with our poli sci dept for conversion to a tenure-track line

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Looking for a postdoc in American politics? Come work with us in Ann Arbor! No obligations other than research. Preference for institutions-focused work, but we’re open to a wide range of substantive interests (including local politics!). Happy to answer any questions: apply.interfolio.com/178829

Book Cover for forthcoming book, Information Brokers.

Although the book will not be out until the summer, I just got the cover for it, and I am excited to share it with the world (or the five or so kind folks who engage with this post). I look forward to sharing more about my book “Information Brokers” with @uchicagopress.bsky.social in the new year.

Infographic titled “2025 Billionaire Gains vs. Grocery Spending.” On the left, a large gold square shows that the top 100 richest Americans gained $995 billion in wealth in 2025, about $7,595 per U.S. household, representing wealth gains for just 100 individuals. On the right, a slightly smaller green square shows total U.S. grocery spending of $775 billion, about $5,916 per household, covering roughly 131 million households. A callout at the bottom reads “The Scale of Inequality,” noting that billionaire wealth gains exceeded national grocery spending by $220 billion. Sources listed: Bloomberg Billionaire Index and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For the second year in a row, the wealth gains for the 100 richest Americans exceeded what ALL American households spent on groceries combined.

~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.

We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.

Echoing this great thread from my co-author @mfroman.bsky.social on our paper with @mamalik.bsky.social showing how migration motive shapes immigrant political corporation. Excited to share and get feedback.

This paper was a blast to work on. The challenge: present party positions across many issues, in real time, using language voters actually use. 🧵 on why we went with a more involved retrieval-based approach and where I think these tools are headed.

Here is the sad thing Google told me.

I know I just got to Michigan, and I should not rock the boat. But can we start a campaign to get a custom mascot like Brutus, Hook’em, or Hairy Dawg? Not only is Michigan missing out on the revenue, but it is also a cool part of the game. Plus, it would stop Brutus from his shenanigans.

Late adolescents entering college intending a career as police officers hold more right-leaning views than their peers | PNAS One longstanding explanation for bias and excessive force in policing is selection—the assertion that those who select to work in law enforcement a...

New article out (w Marcel R, Ben N, and David S) in @pnas.org. We show that young folks who signal interest in becoming cops hold more conservative views on race, multiculturalism, gender, and sexuality, etc.than their peers intending careers in other fields www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Call for Applications: APSA Committee on the Status of Latinas/os Travel Grant | Deadline: November 28, 2025 The APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession is sponsoring reimbursement travel grants to support scholars who attended the 2025 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. The grants are intended to support conference participation opportunities for those at institutions with limited access to resources. Application Deadline: November 28, 2025 | Apply here About the Grant Travel grants will support individuals who traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for the Annual Meeting.

Call for Applications: APSA Committee on the Status of Latinas/os Travel Grant | Deadline: November 28, 2025

The APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession is sponsoring reimbursement travel grants to support scholars who attended the 2025 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. The…

Thanks, Drew! Once I get a book cover, everyone (whether they like it or not) will be hearing more from me about the book.

Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Another great presentation from UT grad @averrilli.bsky.social on her project “Moving in and Mobilizing” about gentrifier behavior in their new neighborhoods @priec.bsky.social

She is a rising star and on the market!

Off to a great start at #CUBoulderPRIEC @priec.bsky.social! UT grad @mirandasullivan.bsky.social presenting her excellent work on the impact of respectability politics among Latines… she finds…

(She’s on the market! Keep your eye on this rising star 🌟#hookem)

If you’re at APSA, go check out the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute poster session starting at 10am today.

Details are below:

Poster Session: Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) Scholars
Saturday, September 13
10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT
Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC) - East Exhibit Hall A

At APSA 2025: The Role of Migration Motive in Immigrant Political Incorporation In Event: The Politics of the Immigrant Experience Fri, September 12, 4:00 to 5:30pm PDT Roberto Carlos, University of Michigan Marcel Roman, Harvard University Mashail Aman Malik, Harvard University

Why do some immigrants politically invest in their host country while others do not? @robertocarlos.bsky.social, @mfroman.bsky.social and @mamalik.bsky.social show the salience of migration motive, esp. economic motive, in shaping political incorporation. More at #APSA2025!

The Full Release of the ANES 2024 Time Series Study is now available!

The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...

Screen capture of the first bage of an article in American Political Science Review, reading as follows: Title: "They Attend Strictly to Their Own Business": Disability and the Construction of the Worker-Citizen Ann K. Heffernan, University of Michigan, United States Contributing to a growing interest in disability in political science, this article makes the case for the central role of disability in upholding the belief in work as requisite for full citizenship. Turning to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it shows how disability and the figure of the disabled worker were used to fortify emergent understandings of work against the changes wrought by industrial capitalism. Focusing on three sites of disabled labor—the school-based workshop, custodial institution, and industrial factory—it reveals the crucial ideological work performed by disability in sustaining the myth of the independent worker-citizen. Where existing scholarship has focused on disability either as an identity category or as a target of rights and policy, this article models an alternative approach, arguing for the relevance of disability as a concept that is integral to, and productive of, the ways we understand citizenship and political belonging.

Coming soon to an open access APSR near you:

(all kidding aside, I'm so happy to see this piece out in the world)

Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...

I'm stunned. ICE attorneys not identifying themselves in COURT?

I gotta say, as a Jew, it’s incredibly fucked up and sad that Elon Musk and Grok being Nazi sympathizers hasn’t caused a mass exodus (or coordinated boycott) from X.

I don’t like to shame people for what is clearly a failure of collective action, but honestly, what the fuck?

R&P welcomes our new editor, Katelyn Stauffer!

@kstauffer.bsky.social is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Georgia.

Opinion | Taking From the Poor and Giving to the Rich Is Not Populism

The “big, beautiful bill” will devastate rural areas and make it harder for those falling behind to ever get ahead. New Edsall article featuring @jacobhacker.bsky.social, Noam Lupu, myself and many more. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/o...

When Panethnic Primes Get Trumped: Unpacking Latinx Voter Preferences in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election - Political Behavior Throughout his presidency, Trump employed exclusionary rhetoric and implemented policies that targeted Latinxs. Based on prior research on the political effects of co-ethnic group-based attacks, many ...

New OA article (with Al-Fahm & @mjonescorrea.bsky.social) in Political Behavior: We test if Latinx Trump supporters pulled back after reminders of his anti-Latinx rhetoric. Despite expectations, support grew in 2020. Suggesting co-ethnic attacks may matter less n/1 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Our study adds to the literature challenging the idea that Latinxs rally around shared identity when targeted. Many, especially conservatives, prioritize party & ideology over group appeals. As Latinx political engagement grows, co-ethnic attacks may matter less. n/5 (end)

Even ambivalent GOP Latinxs didn’t shift when told about Trump’s anti-Latinx rhetoric or harmful COVID policies impacting the Latinx community. Support stayed firm among these Latinx respondents. n/4